We always want to learn more, so if anyone out there knows anything
about or anyone connected to the old Green Lane
Cattery, please contact us! We'd also like to thank Dr.
Cristy Bird for providing us with some history of the cattery so that we
knew to get started on our search for the cats, and Lynn Tennyson for
finding the only information we have on the owner of this old cattery.

Born
April 11, 1956

Now…

As far as we can determine, the Green Lane Cattery was
solely owned by Mrs. Rex Naugle (Elizabeth Stewart Cogill Naugle). She was
born in 1900 and died in 1984. Elizabeth Naugle was originally fromPrimos, Pennsylvania; her last
address with CFA is listed as Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.

Sadly, nearly almost all of the very old catteries
either closed or dropped the Green Lane lineage (along with most of the
other excellent old lines) when the Siamese breed went to the extreme look
we see at cat shows today. Breeders started breeding their cats mainly to
the most extreme cats of their era. You will be able to notice this if you
look at the show-style pedigrees from that period.

What makes our cats so special, is that the Green Lane
ancestors of most other catteries Old-Style Siamese can only be found
many, many generations back in the pedigrees, whereas our cats have them
quite close to the fore. All of those extra generations have caused the
cats to evolve much farther away from the Green Lane" look," while our
cats still look the same as they did in the 1950s.

From all available information, Elizabeth Naugle bred and
owned Green Lane Sam, the last important cat from Green Lane Cattery (an
important cat is one that generates lots of descendants that
survive to the present day).

Happily, by good fortune, the old Green Lane line continues here
at Archenland, Blackfoot River, Cloudcity, Diabrillante and Sandypoints catteries-- in good health, with genetic
diversity, and the same old grace, beauty and intelligence as it has had
for the past thirty-some years.

Then…

Elizabeth Naugle dealt primarily with old catteries such as
Wu Cattery, Newton Cattery, Doneraile Cattery, and Hollycat Cattery when
buying breeding cats. She sold her Green Lane cats to a number of later
catteries, such as Velvet Paws. Because those later catteries were very
active in the breed, you can find some Green Lane cats in almost every
Siamese pedigree.

Elizabeth Naugle collaborated with Newton Cattery, which was
owned by Virginia Cobb. Ms. Cobb started the Newton Cattery in the 1930s,
but was still breeding until at least 1950. Although Green Lane started
with several different queens, the queens were bred primarily to studs
from the Newton Cattery, which links the lineage directly to the Newton
cats.

The earliest Green Lane queens we are able to document
with certainty are from 1948. This does not rule out earlier ones, as at
first, Elizabeth. Naugle registered her cats with CFF (Cat Fancier's
Federation). Later she switched to CFA. In 1953, Naugle imported (at
least) two extremely fine cats from England. It is from her cattery's
British imports that Green Lane's most important studs came. One of these
cats was Ch. Green Lane Vance.

Green Lane Sam's parents did not bear her cattery name
because although she did not breed Sam's actual parents, she did breed
some of their ancestors. In other words, she had to have owned and bred
Fugi Lil' Kit (Sam's dam), in order for her son, Green Lane Sam, to be
entitled to bear Elizabeth Naugle's cattery prefix, "Green Lane." A breeder can
only put her own cattery prefix on the offspring if she's the owner
of the dam at the time of the dam's pregnancy.

Elizabeth Naugle probably bought Sam's sire from another
breeder because he was descended from some of the cats she herself
bred. One should not be confused by the names of Sam's parents, Sing-Song
Dara (sire) and Fugi Lil' Kit (dam.), because Naugle certainly owned
Sam's parents even though she did not breed them.

Born May 14, 1953 and expecting kittens
in this photo.*

Elizabeth Naugle was the owner of Ch. Doneraile Brun Malvana
(see photo above), a chocolate point female Siamese whom she imported from
England. She bought Malvana from Mrs. Kathleen Williams, the owner of
Doneraile Cattery in England. Malvana is Green Lane Sam's
great-great-great-grandmother. With Ch. Beauchat Brunnescens Lynn of Wu,
and Malvana, Elizabeth Naugle bred R.M. Dbl. Gr. Ch. Green Lane Van of Velvet
Shadow (see photo at top of page), a chocolate point male, and a very
important stud found in many Old-Style, as well as Show-Style pedigrees.
He was bred by Naugle and owned by Cerise Thrift. His parents were Ch.
Green Lane Vance and Doneraile Brun Malvana (both owned by Elizabeth.
Naugle).

Born May
15, 1958

Dbl. Gr. and Quint. Ch. Green Lane Beryl (see photo
above), was bred by Elizabeth Naugle and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Manley.
Beryl's sire was Gr. Ch. Green Lane Van of Velvet Shadow, bred by Ms.
Naugle andowned by Cerise
Thrift. Cerise Thrift, the owner of Velvet Shadow Cattery, appears to have
been one of the later breeders with whom Elizabeth Naugle worked closely.
Beryl's dam was Green Lane Miranda.

R.M. Gr. Ch. Gidgetta of Cyreccia (see photo below) was
another very influential chocolate point queen you will find in lots and
lots of Old-Style and Show-Style pedigrees. She was bred by Sue McNally,
but Gidgetta's sire was also Gr. Ch. Green Lane Van of Velvet Shadow.

Born
July 14, 1960

Sources

Dr. Cristy Bird, Sarsenstone Cattery

Genealogy research by Lynn Tennyson

Su-Bali database

CFA
certified pedigrees

Photos/text from This is the Siamese Cat by
Marge Naples(Published in 1964 by T.F.H. Publications, Inc.)